[quote=@TheMadAsshatter]
Wow, that raises an interesting thought.  What if, with increasing automation overtaking functions that are carried out by humans, how weird would it be if wars became more about seeing how many expensive battlebots you threw at each other until the other side gave up?  It would basically become entertainment, because no one is actually in any mortal danger.

Warfare would literally be like the world series, only longer, and it's about destroying robots on opposing sides.
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Then it wouldn't be war, it would be sports. The concept of war is to either A: Take possession of something that somebody else doesn't have, or B: Hurt another group of people until they agree to whatever you are demanding. At least, that is the concept for the people who start the war, defenders might have no other purpose then to survive.

So if it is about resource acquisition or conquest, locals will get hurt. If it is about getting the other side to acquiesce, then it might just end up being terrorism that becomes the main way to wage war.